Earlier, the Ministry of Power was optimistic that the high-powered
delegation sent to Nigeria to negotiate Ghana’s debt with the management
of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAPCo) will bring home positive news.
Nigeria Gas (N-Gas) has deferred its decision to cut gas supply to Ghana from Nigeria.
The
company that ships gas to the Volta River Authority (VRA) through the
West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAGPCo) had notified the Volta River
Authority (VRA) that it may cut gas supply to it if the VRA fails to
honour its US$103 million debt owed them by Thursday October 15, 2015.
President John Mahama subsequently sent a delegation to Nigeria to solve the matter amicably.
Hariet
Wereko Brobbey, Corporate Communications Manager for WAGPCo on Friday
morning explained that N-Gas has asked it to defer the decision to cut
the supply as a result of ongoing negotiations between Ghana and Nigeria
over the debt.
"We [WAPCo] received verbal
information that pending the outcome of the ongoing discussions, the
curtailment has been deferred. So based on that WAGPCo did not take any
action. What it means is that gas is flowing through the pipeline as we
speak," she said on Joy FM.
Earlier, the
Ministry of Power was optimistic that the high-powered delegation sent
to Nigeria to negotiate Ghana’s debt with the management of the West
African Gas Pipeline (WAGPCo) will bring home positive news.
“It
is the President that has sent this high powered delegation there and I
believe that it is going to work out for the country… I cannot say for
sure but I believe that by Friday, we will get some positive news,” Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Ministry, Kweku Sesah Johnson said on Unique FM’s Behind the News programme on Thursday.
According
to the Power Ministry’s PRO, the VRA is indebted to WAGPCo due to the
ineffective tariff regime existing in the country.

